HURRICANE – Pine View was coming off a 10-0 drubbing of the Tigers last Tuesday, but Friday night’s game in Hurricane wouldn’t be so easy.

The Panthers trailed in the top of the sixth inning. One runner was on third base, and Hurricane had already gotten two outs.

The pitch came in clean, but PV junior Micah Morgan was already nearly to home plate when the catcher realized what was happening. The catcher reached down for the tag but not before Morgan had already scored a run to tie the game.

Then the Panthers snuck away with the 6-5 victory after taking the final lead in the top of the sixth inning on a dropped pop-fly by the diving second baseman.

“(The Tigers) came out and battled right back,” PV head coach Michael Gargano said. “(They) even had us down a little bit. Defensively we were a little bit off, but we never died down either. We had unbelievable, heads-up base running by multiple people, Dakota Donovan, Hunter Hansen and, of course, Micah Morgan stealing home.”

The game started out in similar fashion to Tuesday’s game when the Panthers took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Morgan and Logan Lafemina were batted in by Lafemina and Hansen.

Things got interesting in the bottom of the fifth when Morgan was pitching. He walked two of the first three batters.

I just need to stay in the zone better,” said Morgan.

Morgan followed up two walks with two strikeouts, but both strikeout victims reached first base safely as each third strike found the dirt — one of which allowed a runner to score.

Later, on a wild pitch, another runner came in to tie the game at 4. Then Drake Hermansen’s RBI gave the Tigers the lead.

“(We) were never too worried about (losing the lead),” Gargano said. “We have a bunch of kids now that never die down. They just keep it going. I just thought that somehow, someway we were going to put up another run or two across the board.”

PV head coach Michael Gargano said the stolen home base was what changed the tide a little bit. He said sometimes a team only needs one thing to get fired up and that sparks a win.

“I was just on third and I saw the pitcher had a slow wind up,” said Morgan, who swiped home plate. “Third was just sitting back, and I told (my coach), ‘Hey, I think I can get that bag.’ I’m glad he had the confidence in me and I had the confidence in myself, and I just took it.”

Pine View will take on Snow Canyon on Tuesday and Friday next week. First pitch is scheduled for 7 p.m.

CEDAR 7, OLYMPUS 0: Kaden Lunt and Dusty Hannah combined for a shutout against the Titans on Friday. Lunt was credited with the win, while Hannah contributed a double and two RBI. Rykker Tim finished the day 3 for 4 with two doubles and a home run.

SOCCER

CEDAR 6, CANYON VIEW 0: Just a few minutes into the game, the Falcons found themselves a man down after a goal-stopping penalty in the box. The Redmen capitalized and Brock Shipp led the way with two goals. Michael Briano, Noah Hill, Johnny Brower and Jeff Rogers, all added goals. Court Einfeldt and Kaeland Osborne split the shutout.